Device for handling talking-machine needles.



PATENTEE NEE. 18, 1905. D. J. HOOD. DEVICE FOR HANDLING TALKING MACHINE NEEDLES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6,1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

DELAIVARE J. HOOD, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO VICTOR TALKINGQIACHINE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

DEVICE FOR HANDLING TALKING-MACHINE NEEDLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 787,623, dated April 18, 1905.

- Application filed July 6, 1903. Serial No. 164.278.

To (all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, DELAWARE J. Hoop, a g citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Philadelphia,State ofPennsylvan ia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Handling Talking-Machine Needles, of which the following is a full, clear, and complete disclosure.

The object of my invention is to produce a device which will obviate the necessity of with-' drawing talking-machine needles from boxes or other receptacles in which they are placed by means of the fingers.

In talking-machines of the diskv type it is usual and necessary to change the needle or stylus-point after each selection has been played, because of the fact that the points are or less injure a record-groove should the same be used a second time to produce the same'or a different selection. Talking-machine needles being small' and. having a sharp end, they are difiicnlt to pick up singly by the fingers, but when once held in thefingers maybe easily inserted into the stylus-bar. The device which is the subject-matter of the present invention overcomes this difiiculty by depositing theneedles separately in a shallow tray, from which they may be easily removed.

Briefly, my invention comprises a magnet movablyrnow: ted upon asuitable base or upon the casingor cabinet of a talking-machine and I which is adapted to remove needles sucp'es sively from a receptacle, also carried by-"said" support, and to deposit said needles in a suit able place or holder, so that they may be easily grasped by the fingers.

For a. full, clear,. .and exact description of lowing specification, and to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of my device, showing the same in connection with a portion of a casing for a talking-machine motor; and Fig. 2, a longitudinal sectional view of the device as shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 l indicates a portion of the casing for the talking-machine motor, said casing having a recess 2 therein, which at its lower portion forms a receptacle for the needle and communiv cates with the interior of said casing, as indiv Vithin the recess 22. magnetic rod or pin 3 is located in such a manner thatthc same may reciprocate vertically,-said pin being.

cated at 3,

adapted to be-retai'ned in a raised position by a collar L and coil-spring'g'i, Said rod 3 is preferably magnetized for whole' length, but may consist of two portions, on e of which only is magnetized. \Vithin tl1e 'rec ess 2 adjacent its lowervportion a curved spring 6 is provided which has a: notch'or recess 7 its lower end. This spring is fastened to tlieiinnerwall of said. recess, and its lower not'ched'end projects into the'pa'th of the magnetic rod 3, so that when said pin is in its raised position said spring 6'will project slightly helow'its end.

. The recess 2 in the casing 1 is covered in any suitable manner;- but a'tits-lower end I have shown a plate 7, having an opening 8 therein, to the lower edge of which is attached the shallowvpan or receptacle 9. The opening 3 in the casing 1 is'adapted' to cooperate with a recessed block 10, so as to form a Wedg- '1 shaped receptacle 01'- liopperfmthe talkingmachine needles,'as indicated at 11.

In the operation of my device the recess or I ,hopper 11 in the blocl;"'10 is filled or par-" tially filled with talkingmachine needles? which are to be used upon the sound box the usual manner. These needles pass. ,to the lower part of the'said hopper, and several of" them pass through the' 'iopening 3 into the lower end of the recess 2, which in this position are in alinemen't with the end of the magnetic rod 3. Whenit is desired to obtain a new needle, the magnetic pin or rod 3 is depressed until ,its end attractsone of said needles, and said pin is the'n allowed to move upwardly until the end of the springfi has passed .over the end of. said magnetic pin, thereby disengaging the needle therefrom and at the same time giving it a slight impulse outwardly, so that it will be deposited in the pan 9. The needle then may be easily grasped by the fingers and placed within the stylus-bar of the sound-box.

The spring 6 is preferably of brass or other ordinary non-magnetic material, as are also the other parts, excepting the rod or pin 3.

Changes may be made in the form, proportion, and arrangement of my device without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. The magnetic portion of the device may be made to reciprocate in any direction which may suit choice or convenience and also may be made;in different forms which will be substantially equivalents of that herein shown, so long as. the reciprocating selecting feature is retained.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States, is- I 1. A device for handling talking-machine needles, comprising a support, a magnetic selector movably carried thereby and a receptacle adjacent said support, which said selector is adapted to enter to successively remove needles therefrom.

2. A device for handling talking-machine needles, comprising a support, a magnetic selector movably carried thereby, a hopper adjacent said support, and a receptacle adapted to receive needles from said hopper, said selector being adapted to enter said receptacle and to successively remove needles therefrom.

3. A device for handling talking-machine needles, comprising a support, a magnetic selector movably carried thereby, a receptacle fixed to said support with which said selector is adapted tocooperate to successively remove needles therefrom and means for detaching needles from said selector 1 .4. A device for handling talking-machine needles, comprising a support or casing,.' a magnetic selector carried by said support and adapted to ,reciprocatthereon, a receptacle carried'by said support and adapted to have the needles removed therefrom by said selector, means for detaching needles from said selector and a. secondary receptacle adapted to'receive the needles when detached from said selector.

5. A device for handling talking-machine needles, comprising a support or casing, a

l to receive needles when detached from said selector. i I

6. A device for handling talking-machine needles, comprising a part having a wedgeshaped recess, there being'an opening in the lower portion thereof, means located adjacent said opening-to receive needles therefrom, a

magnetic selector adaptedto withdraw the heedl'es from said part, means for detaching needles from said selector and a secondary re-' ceptacle adapted to receive said needles successively'when detached from said selector,

7. A device for handling talking-machine needles, comprising a support, a magnetic selector carried thereby, and adapted to reciprocate thereon, a spring having one-end in contact with saidv selectorso as to detach needles therefrom, a receptacle for the needles,

which said. selector is adapted to enter, so

that the needles are'attracted and held there:

lector attached to said casing and adapted to cooperate with said means to successively remove needles therefrom.

9. A'device for handling talking-maghine needles, in combination with'the casing of a talking-machine, of a storage-receptacle for said needles-located'within said casing, said receptacle having communication with the ex- 1 terior of said casing, means for receiving needles from said storage-receptacle, a magnetic selector adapted to enter said receiving means and raising needles therefrom, means for detaching needles from said selector and a secondary receptacle for receiving theneedles so detached.

10. .A device for handling talking-machine needles, in combination with a casing of a talking-machine, of a needle-receptacle attached thereto, a magnetized bar also attached thereto'and adapted to reciprocate ther'eon, a spring for holding said bar in its inoperative position, said bar being adapted to cooperate with said receptacle to successively remove the-needles therefrom.

In witness whereof I have'hereunto set my hand this 3d day of July, A. D. 1903.

' DELAVVARE J'. HOOD.

Witnesses:

'Lnwls H. VAN DUsEN, CHAS. K. BENNET 

